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2017 general election results

Canterbury

Shows the general election results for Canterbury, which is a constituency in Kent. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,182 and a turnout of 72.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Gain
Rosie Duffield
Majority
187
Electorate
78,182
Turnout
72.7%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 45.0%
Con 44.7%
LD 8.0%
Green 2.3%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Rosie Duffield  Lab 25,572 45.0 20.5
Julian Brazier  Con 25,385 44.7 1.8
James Flanagan  LD 4,561 8.0 -3.6
Henry Stanton * Green 1,282 2.3 -4.7
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con LD Green UKIP The Socialist Party of Great Britain MRP Oth
2005 28.1% 44.5% 21.5% 3.3% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2010 16.1% 44.8% 32.5% 2.3% 3.9% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 24.5% 42.9% 11.6% 7.0% 13.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 45.0% 44.7% 8.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
637 Canterbury 0.3%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
573 Canterbury 45.0%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
149 Canterbury 72.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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